Nation, Carry

Nation, Carry (Amelia b. Moore)

(1846–1911) temperance reformer; born in Garrard County, Ky. Her alcoholic first husband left her with an abiding hatred for liquor and saloons. She conducted a series of hatchet-swinging, saloon-smashing missions in Kansas and in large cities throughout the country. She was arrested 30 times before her retirement due to poor health. Even supporters of the temperance movement found her a difficult person.

JUST BEFORE THE 2ND CIRCUIT ISSUED ITS OPINION IN KIOBEL, THE 9TH Circuit found that corporations cannot be held liable under the Torture Victim Protection Act, a sort of offshoot of the Alien Tort Statute that Congress enacted in 1992 that allows civil suits against individuals who, under authority of any foreign nation, carry out torture or extrajudicial killings.

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